The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on pediatric rheumatology practice: an international, cross-sectional survey study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected patient care in general. We aimed to analyze the impact of the pandemic on pediatric rheumatology practice.

Methods

An online survey including 22 questions was created by the representatives of the Emerging RheumatoloGists and rEsearchers (EMERGE) group of the Pediatric Rheumatology European Society (PReS) on SurveyMonkey. The descriptive analysis of the responses was performed on SurveyMonkey.

Results

Overall, 469 pediatric rheumatologists (F/M: 2.9) from 70 countries completed the survey. The practice of drug prescription is not affected by the pandemic, according to 65.3 % of the respondents, while 24.3 % and 16.5 % are prescribing biologic drugs and corticosteroids less often, respectively. Over 40 % of the respondents

SUBMITTER: Batu ED 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11089463 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature